Here it is. My very first MLP:FiM FanFiction. I hope you like it, and the image that it will bring all of you.
Now the reason why I made this was because the song "Out There" was and is the best song of the whole Disney movie, Hunchback of Notre Dame, in my opinion. So then I thought, what if there was like an MLP parody or anything of the scene, and maybe Spike could be Quasimodo? So here I am making it.
In this world, Spike is a bell ringing dragon, not a deformed creature but the only dragon in the large town that is the Crystal Empire. Now on this new day of his young life, every pony in the city was getting together for the Festival of Fools, and Spike is in his home, the tower of Crystal Dome, with the company of only these five statue ponies. Everyday, throughout his life he's been up on the tower watching every pony from down below, wishing he can interact with them but he can't because he's a dragon, not a pony, and ponies these days think that all dragons are savages.
Not only that, he's been told to by his master…King Sombra. But the morning time of this day went on, the five statues (who are enchanted) named Twilight, Applejack, Rainbow Dash, Pinkie Pie, and Fluttershy keep telling Spike that he should go to the festival. Spend at least one day with the ponies of the empire and enjoy it. Spike felt fearful about it but wanted to take the chance, wanted to know what it's like to live amongst them.
So now, through the high time of noon, he quickly got ready to leave the tower. He ran off, wearing fake hooves, a fake muzzle, and a black cloak on top of his green shirt so he can pose as a young pony. He ran quickly down the stairs, feeling very "nervicited", until he was stopped by his master.
"Hello, my son." Said by none other than King Sombra. Spike backed up and spoke nervously "Oh…hello master. What brings you here?" "This is my home as well as yours. And might I ask you, what are you wearing?" "Oh this? Well…I got bored so…I made a costume to play around in here." "In here? At one of the lower floors that near the exit of the tower?" King Sombra got him, so Spike gave up. "Okay. Master, I was heading near the doors, b-b-but only to wait for you so maybe you could chaperone me for the festival." Sombra looked disappointed so he walked up the stairs, giving Spike the silent treatment.
"Master? Oh come on." Spike took off his costume and followed him. "Master please. I love the festival and it's just that you go every year-" "I know. I'm suppose to be there because I'm the king of this empire, I'm a public host, but that doesn't mean I enjoy it." After following him up, they made to the top outside floor. "Then why do you allow it?" "It's one of the only things that's meant to occupy the citizens, and it's amazing I've put up with it this long. Fools, thieves, drunkies, all coming together for useless parties." Spike turned and Pinkie in the shadows looking mad, but he gestured her stay there and not hurt Sombra. Because Sombra's not aware of the five living statue friends of Spike. Sombra looked at the view of the empire.
"Spike. Look out and tell me what you see."
"An empire filled with ponies who are getting together and ready to have fun."
"Really? Well what I see is an empire filled with ponies, who are shallow, who all hold dark secrets, and who will never see or care for you the way I do."
"I know, sir." Spike dropped his head down.
"Yes. You must remember that it was I who found you after your kind reached extinction. When you were an egg, I found you and brought you here to make sure no pony would know you and hurt you."
"Yes, master. But seeing how you are the ki-"
"But nothing. Is this really the thanks I get for everything I've done for you?"
"No. M-Master, I'm sorry I didn't mean to offend you." Spike bowed down, looking sorry.
"Oh I know, just watch what you say."
"Yes. Again, I'm sorry."
"Alright. But look here." Sombra gently helped him rise. "Being in this tower for years can make one curious about the world out there. But you shouldn't. You do not know what it's out there. I do. My son, I do." Sombra placed his shoulder on Spike's shoulder and made him look at the town again.
The world is cruel
The world is wicked
It's I alone whom you can trust in this whole city
I am your only friend
I who keep you, teach you, feed you, dress you
He made Spike look at him in the eye.
I who look upon you without fear
How can I protect you, boy, unless you
Always stay in here
Away in here
They walked back into tower, and sat near a large table that had an entire scale model of the empire and its citizens, made by Spike.
You are different
(Spike: I am different)
And you are ugly
(Spike: And I am ugly)
And these are crimes
For which the world
Shows little pity
You do not comprehend
(Spike: You are my one true friend)
Out there they'll revile you
As a monster
(Spike: I am a monster)
Out there they will hate
And scorn and jeer
(Spike: Only a monster)
Why invite their calumny
And consternation
Stay in here
Be faithful to me
(Spike: I'm faithful)
Grateful to me
(Spike: I'm grateful)
Do as I say
Obey
And stay
In here
Sombra stopped singing, and Spike sadly said to him, "Thank you, master. You really are my one true friend." "Yes." Spike hugged Sombra and he hesitantly allowed it. "Remember Spike, this is your sanctuary and it always will be." Then Sombra left to attend the hosting of the festival. Spike just sat near the scale model, feeling more sad and glum than he thought over his masters reaction. Then the five ponies came by his side. Twilight took his shoulder saying "You know, Spike...there's a total difference between sanctuary and prison." "I know." Spike looked at his friends, the bells, the model, and everything outside as he began to sing himself.
Safe behind these windows and these parapets of stone
Gazing at the people down below me
All my life I watch them as I hide up here alone
Hungry for the histories they show me
All my life I memorize their faces
Knowing them as they will never know me
All my life I wonder how it feels to pass a day
Not above them
But part of them
Spike looked at the town again but more joyfully.
And out there
Living in the sun
Give me one day out there
All I ask is one
To hold forever
Out there
Where they all live unaware
What I'd give
What I'd dare
He moves around the tower athletically, and hugs his friends as they smile to see him like this.
Just to live one day out there
Out there among the millers and the weavers and their wives
Through the roofs and gables I can see them
Ev'ry day they shout and scold and go about their lives
Heedless of the gift it is to be them
He slides down to the next edge of tower. Looking at the bright sun and large part of the town.
If I was in their skin
I'd treasure every instant
Out there
Strolling by the Seine
Taste a morning out there
He reaches the top of the tower.
Like ordinary men
Who freely walk about there
Just one day and then
I swear I'll be content
With my share
He reaches back down to meet up with friends, feeling more joyful, more courageous, all enough to do what he wants.
Won't resent
Won't despair
Old and bent
I won't care
I'll have spent
One day
OUT THERE!
Spike and his friends smile at the distant out there, and Spike has decided to go back and head to the festival. Just to at least enjoy this one day out there.
There we go. I hope you all liked it but unfortunately even if you did, I won't be continuing it. It's just one number I'm on, but if I ever do continue, it'll be for the other scenes I like. And if anyone else wants to continue my story then be my guest. Here's some more info in case that didn't make any sense.
Spike is Quasimodo, as it was established, and again, he isn't deformed but the last dragon of his kind, and King Sombra was the wicked Frollo. And you could see that Twilight and the others were the gargoyles to Spike's Quasimodo, but for Rarity, since Spike is Quasi, then why not have Rarity as Esmeralda. Those are the characters, and again, I hope you all loved sweet little Spike's big moment as the heroic bell ringing of Crystal Dome. In this story that is THE DRAGON OF CRYSTAL DOME.